Brett's Ottawa Adventure
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| 08/27/04 | 11:05 PM Hello to all of those still listening in blog land. I have not written in my blog in a few days. Since then I've gone to my home town, visited with my parents and played a round or two of golf (my first two rounds of the year). Today I am going to pick up Danielle and on Monday we start our real vacation. To all of you in Regina I think that we should get back around friday. Today may be a sad day, for this may be my last blog. I do not know if I will continue my bloggin as most of the people that read it will be seeing me much more often then they did this summer. I guess we will have to see. The thing that is for sure is there will not be anmother blog message for at least a week or so because I will not have the internet. I would like to thank you all for taking the time out of your lives to read my blog and see what I'm up to. I hope i have inspired you to think differently about things like toilet fans and chicken milk. All in all my blog was successful haveing about 2,500 in four months. Goodbye to all, hope to see you soon |
| 08/24/04 | 3:23 PM Well, how is everyone doing today? I am back in Saskatchewan, waho. My flight was good yesterday. I took a taxi to the airport and sat and watched x-files on my laptop intil I had to leave. The first flight was to Toronto. It didn't take to long but I think I managed to get another x-files episode done. Once I got to Toronto I was starving. So I went to a place and got some veggies and noodles. I was woried that they were going to take to long to make my food and i was going to have to run to my plane. In the end I ate my food in like 5 minutes. The only reason I was able to eat so quickly was all those years sitting in the cafeteria scarfing down food. It's amazing how you can eat an entire large meal in under 10 minutes. I headed onto the plane and we got delayed for 20 minutes because the radar went out on the tower. Good to know. So we got into the air and I was in for a 4 hour flight. Good thing I have a laptop. I watched two episodes of x-files then played some Super Tux (thanks jeebs) and some Return To Castle Wolfestien. It was kinda long and I was getting all cramped up from the small space. I landed in Saskatoon at around 10:30 and proceeded to meet my sister who was going to pick me up. So I'm walking out of the security area looking around for mon souer and I'm looking around but don't see her right away. Then I see this girl in a blue jacket and I'm like I know her. My brain is slowly thinking and processing, then it hits me, Danielle is here. :-) I was uber stoked. So I went and said hi to Danielle and Lea and we got my luggage. We came back to Lea's place, visited for a while, then went to sleep. Today we went to Canadian Tire so I could buy some primer for my truck. Then we went to walmart and bought Pitfall for Lea's gamecube, it's a pretty kewl game. YAH, I'm so happy to be back here with Danielle and family and friends. I don't now why people always say the want to leave saskatchewan. It's nice here, wide and open. |
| 08/23/04 | 4:19 PM The time has finally come, I'm heading home. With only a few hours left untill I get on the plane I sit and think to myself trying to pass the time. I look back to my four months in Ottawa and ponder. How was my summer? It was real good. I enjoyed Ottawa, the bike trails, the cannals, all the people trying to sell or buy pot from you (yes it has happened). Work was great. I just wish I could have contributed more. So the summer was good but I am still uber excited to come home, yes home. Ottawa isn't home even though I've lived here for 4 months. I ask myself why and I think it isn't home because home is not a place. Home is people, people you care about, people you miss, people you can trust, people. I made a few friends here but never really made an effort to meet many. It is the summer. In the summer I relax. It is my vacation from people. Time to do what I want, when I want. Time to play with my computer and watch tv. I have had that time and I want it to end. It's time to go back home, to my family, to my friends, to my girlfriend. So into a cab I go, onto a plane I go, out of Ottawa I go. For things change, change is good. This won't be my last blog, I still have almost a week left with internet so you shall still get a blog. Soon enough "wheat fields become the sky line". |
| 08/22/04 | 7:11 PM Well, I missed yesterday, though I don't know why. Yesterday I cleaned the house (with the help of my roomates). I vacuumed the floor, mopped it. Then I cleaned the frids, oven, and the cabinets. Then I went on to scrub the shower, stupid tile grime. Actually I kinda of enjoyed it, wierd me. After I was done cleaning I went to the beach and played some volleyball for a couple of hours, it was a real good time, Thanks D. Last night I watched the Butterfly Effect with Andrea. It was my second tiem seeing it. If you haven't seen it yet I would highly recommend it, a rather fine movie I think. Today I woke up early, 8:30 I think. Watched some x-files then lazed around the house. Women's beach volleyball was on, it was good even though they lost. Then I was waiting for guy to come get my bike. He was supposed to come around 11 or 12 but didn't show up until 3:30. So I sold my bike for $80, all was good. I went downtown to the mall looking for something but did not find anything suitable, o well. I bought two bagetts (bread) and come home. I watched the men play v-ball and lose also, what can you do. Tonight I think I might spend my time playing some video games. I could do some coding but I havne't felt like doing that in two months. Hmm, not sure why but I'm positive the itch will come back relatively soon. Wow, time is almost out, just a little over 24 hours, well 29 to be exact. I'll be sure to blog before I leave tommorow. |
| 08/20/04 | 11:30 PM Half time report. Well the roughriders are playing tonight, and as always I am watching. They are losing at the moment, but hey, today has been an awsome day. I finished work which was good, all the stresses of getting my work done is gone, all gone. Went out for dinner at pizza hut with the peeps from work, good ole buffet. I had 8 or 9 pieces of pizza and a salad (the pizza was being replenished). Then I got all my paper work done and headed home. I went down to the market to buy some last couple day food. Then I talked to Danielle on msn and fixed my sis's computer. Anyways, before I watched the game I took an hour nap so I woudlnt' fall asleep at half time again. Then at half time I came to write in blog and Dave was on uh *sighing in a girly mannor*. So anyways, Davey boy gave me some very good news, he is moving in as of the start of the month. So our humble abode now has three full time members, o yeah, ya dave, your my hero. So all is good in the world, well, except for the fact that the riders at going to lose, but hey, it can't be a perfect day. So, i think that is all i have to report. |
| 08/19/04 | 11:05 PM Close, o so close. Tommorow is my last day of work. I think I have everything in order, hopefully. Tonight was somewhat uneventful. I watched some x-files, then i don't know what I did, then I did some more of that stuff that I don't know what I did. I finished up some work and then I was watching gymnatics with my roomy. She is an ex gymnast and an uber fan. Other than that I need to head to bed cause I'm tired and the end is almost here |
| 08/18/04 | 10:15 PM How's everyone doing? Sorry I didn't get to writing in my blog yesterday. I went out with my work peeps after work. We went to a pub and I ate about two pounds of wings and drank three pints of beer. It was a good time. Then I cam home and mailed a large package to Danielle (my stuff) because I dont' have enough room to take it back on the plane. I came home and on the way I got a slurpee. I spotted Eric and he was going to laundry so I tagged along. They have the arcade version of "Bust a Move" which is a freakin awsome game. So we played that a bit. I then came home I started to feel like crap as I didn't sleep much the night before and my body isn't used to beer, greasy meat, and pure sugar. So I went to bed around 9 (I think that is the earliest all year). Today was good at work. After work I got a haircut as I really needed one. The last time I cut my hair was when Natalie came to visit I think. I went to volleyball which was pretty decent except for the fact the first team we were supposed to play was a no show. Then I cam home and here I am, typing on my computer. I'm heading to bed for the night, well after a phone call or two. Time is wrapping up, things are winding down, the work remaining to do is building up. All is going well. |
| 08/16/04 | 9:35 PM Time is a going bye. Well monday is almost over, and in a week I will be back in Saskatchewan, wheat fields will become the skylines (filmmaker). I started packing today. I packed up a whole box that I am going to fedex back home. I really don't have alot of stuff here I realize as I was having trouble finding stuff to pack. The funny thing is I don't know what I had in my room that I was using back at luther, hmm, makes you wonder what we actually need in our lives. Tommorow night all the work peeps and I are going out for wings after work. MMMM, wings and beer, my friends it has been a while. Ok, so not that long, but to long. How I am longing to be sitting in McNally's with a pint of Alberta draft and a pound of buffalo ranch wing. So I lied. Two pints of Albert draft, a pint of Kilkanee, and two pounds of buffallo ranch wings, yeah, that sounds about right. Well it is coming close. All I need is my love, my companion, my homey, Dave. My blog has over 2200 visits since its inception. My o my how far we have come. I have written more in my blog than the rest of my writings combined. Holy crap batman, I just checked how much I have actually written over 30,000 words. Not to shabby for my boring life. Perhaps I am able to get my length by my meaningless and endless babble. You all know that when i really want to I can babble on and on under one condition, I have to be talking about absolultey nothing. Well, nothing or chicken milk, it's all a moo point anyways |
| 08/15/04 | 10:02 PM Crap, it's sunday night, perhaps one of the most dreaded nights there are. The weekend isn't over yet but still I have to go to bed early and just don't want tommorow to come. O well, the week is going to go buy so freakin fast. I woke up relatively early today, 8:30 or so. The riders kicked butt last night, however I fell asleep after half time and ended up going to bed rather than watching the end of the gam (I'm getting so old). At 10ish I jumped on the bus and headed to South Keys. None of the stores opened until 11 so I was outside in the sun and read my book (which I am almost done). I wandered around futureshop and staples for a while and ended up in walmart. I got a new toothbrush, some packing tape, and Mr. Clean Magic eraser. Might I say that Mr Cleans M.E is pretty amazing. It cleans crap off things that you would never expect to come off to easy. Definetly recomend it for computer keyboaryd/mice and other stains. Unfortunelty I don't have any crayons so I can't try the wall thing out. I went to pitapit for dinner because I haven't had one since I've been here. It was good except I was rather disapointed in the quality of the pita itself. The contents were flowing out and the pita was breaking all over the place. Then in the afternoon I spent some time getting my stuff in order, figuring out how to pack. Suprisingly I don't have alot of stuff, just not what i'm used to. But low and behold in just over a week I should be back in the land of living skies. |
| 08/14/04 | 8:36 PM How is saturday for all you people. My saturday was rather nice. I did not do alot. After I got up I went and walked around the mall as I like to do every couple of weeks. Mainly just window browsing, looking at things, just spending time out. Today I actually bought a few things however. I bought a new pair of jeans, and a new shirt. It's kidna funny how people's looks change. I myself would say that I have changed alot from high school. Picture me, I was in grade 6, five foot 2 (a little tall for my age) and hmm, I can't remeber, I think I was around 145 pounds (a little overwieght for my size). As I hit grade 11 I was 5' 10" and 195lbs. I wasn't a huge guy, but I wasn't small, I was wearing XL shirts and was going into 40" jeans. I got picked on alot as a kid, more in the lower grades, and it's amazing how easy it is that people can build up complexes. Not that I have a complex, but I think I can understand how easy they are to get. Today I bought size 32" inch jeans and a small sized shirt. Granted, they aren't huge one me, but they fit good. I'm not one to obsses about my wieght, I eat whole 260g bags of chips in one sitting and I can finish off more food in a day than some can in a week. But still, there is always a voice in my head saying "hey fatty" even though I know it's not true. I don't want to be skinny. I think really skinny people look sickly and stickly. Now that I can cook for myself I actually eat alot better I believe, alot more vegies, the greens are good for you, and not nearly as much fatty foods. I do this for my health because with my family history (as with many these days) I'm going to have high colestorol, high blood pressure, anxiety (or maybe I'll leave that one up to Danielle, if she already doesn't have it covered), diabetes and more cancers than I know what to do with. I figure I might as well do something now will I can. So, four years, 10-15 pounds lighter, 8" on the waist, from XL to M-S, what is my secret you say? Heh, beats the hell out of me. I also bought a new backpack today, a laptop backpack. It's nice, roots, and it wasnt' to expensive. I think I need to go get a box or two from walmart tommorow because I need to start packing my stuff to see how much room I will have. What really sucks is i have to take a bus all the way to the other side of the city and back just to get a box, maybe I will go to a matinea will I am there. Perhaps. I did laundry today to, last time before I go home which is coming up rather quickly. Soon, o so very soon. The riders are playin tonight. They better win, i hope they win. Labour day football should be alot of fun. "You and fourteen friends huddle together 40 feet above the ground, watching men bash and grab each other, throwing balls and catching them with ease, the beer will flow and so will the memories, rider games, there just fun." How is that for an advertisement. Have a good night |
| 08/13/04 | 1:11 AM I did it, I finished Doom 3. Not to shabby, only took me a week to complete the whole thing. All in all it was a good game but by the end it was starting to drag on, what can you do. I'm just itching to get back to playing Ninja Gaiden, nothing beats Ninja Gaiden. Other than that I have working out all my house thingies like heat, power, phone, internet and such. I think I got most of them straightened out and should call to get them hooked up next week. Tonight me a roomie and her friend watched Moulin Rouge. I really like that movie, I think tha tI have seen it almost 10 times. I think, however, that I have falled asleep everytime. Come to think of it the first time that I saw it was with Ash (the old ash) in her room in first year, wow, that bring back memories. I can still see her room, and how I was lying, her computer on the desk, picture frames to the right, unmentionable to the left (her room had clothes all over it kinda like mine). It's funny how sometime you can see as clear as day, things from the past, not even having to close your eyes. Tommorow I am selling my bike (hopefully), so I gotta buff it up and get it looking all snazy. Well off to bed I shall go, night to all |
| 08/11/04 | 10:52 PM I did it, I finally did it. I have a place to live. That's right, who's the man. My new place will be 631 gladmar park. Right near dave, and kev, and cam, and amy, and brittni, and Danielle. So far I have one roomate, a girl named Nicole. Who is she? Well I'm not to sure but she sounded pretty kewl and easy going. YAY ME. Now all I need is a roomate for 4 months (which I may have) and I'm set. Today was a productive day. To think, all you people were so worried that I woulnd't get a place (you know who you are). I still have like 3 weeks left. He He He. Well, Perhaps I should go to bed before I lose my head. |
| 08/10/04 | 10:08 PM Sorry to all my family. As my mother so nicely pointed out yesterday I wrote that I haven't seen my family of friends in 4 months, that was a typo, sorry. I twas spose to be family and friends as it is now. Wouldn't leave out family. After I got home from work today it POURED, absolutely crazy. It rained and thundered and lighting, luckily there were no tornado's that I saw although they were in the forcast. It's actually still raining here and it think it probably will for most of the night. I played doom tonight and am 2/3 done, getting close. I watched the last episode of Outback Jack as I have seen one or two episodes and thought I should see how it finished. I was so mad. There were two girls, one smart and kinda fiesty (perhaps a littl rude) and the other was a complete valley/city girl that was about as smart as a post. Of course he picked the valley girl, oy. I just can't imagine it. Maybe it's because I have a great dislike for stuckup (or apparently stuck up) people. I think that may be my #1 turnoff besides smoke, no actually it is my number one turnoff. If you come talk to me and are like "Hi, like I'm Hot girl, Don't I look cute, hah hah (fake girly laugh)". Yeah, I dont' care what you look like, you just moved to the bottom of the list. Well sleep is calling, actually it's Danielle, but sleep will follow soon after. |
| 08/09/04 | 10:09 PM Time is counting down. As of this time two weeks from now I will be just settling in to land in Saskatoon. The time is going pretty fast which is really good because otherwise I must just going insane waiting to go home. Don't get me wrong, it was great working and living out here for the summer but it wasn't home. Whether I feel this way because I'm not in Saskatchewan, or just because I haven't seen my family and friends in 4 months is hard to say. i just wish that Saskatchewan had more to offer for a person in my field. It sucks when you have to go so far away just to be able to work where you want. Well, off to sleep, nigh nigh time. |
| 08/08/04 | 10:40 PM Here is an interesting tidbit for ya. If you do a google search for Brett and Ottawa the fourth and six result on google is my webpage :-) You love me, you really love me. Well now that I'm going to get sued (I had to look the spelling of sued up on the internet, my vocabulary sucks) for copyright infraction, how are you all doing? Another day has come and another has gone. I played some doom today and went for a run. I really should do more physicial activity because I really enjoy it and plus there is that whole health thing, but I'm just to freakin lazy. Me sloth, me uber sloth. I would roar but I'm to lazy. Tonight I went to the movies with my foriegn roomate. We saw "Before Sunset" which is the sequel to "Before Sunrise". I enjoyed it. It is really an original movie. The whole movie is nothing but dialog. There is no action, no amazing plot, just normal everday talking. The first movie took place over the course of 12 or so hours. The movie that I saw tonight took place in real time, just walking and talking, making a connecting and developing characters. Very good, perhaps most would find it boring, but what can I say, I like to think of myself as an original person. Night night. |
| 08/07/04 | 9:31 PM Yo yo all. What is hanging in at good all h. Well today was definetly what I call "sloth day". I woke up, watched tv then played Doom for 3 hours. After that I watched over 14 episodes of "That 70's Show" completely the 6th season in 5 hours. Wow, that is alot of the 70's. Now I'm back to playing Doom. I just thought that I would stop my constant running and killing of alien species in order to write to all my huge fans who simply worship the ground I walk on. Now Nat, don't worry, there are many others that can relate to your addiction of me. Heh heh, I'm gonna get yelled at for that one. O well, I've been yelled at for much worse comments, daily really. So how is everyone else's Saturday go? As good as mine? Yeah, I also started looking for a place seeing how I will be homeless in about three weeks. I'm trying to get a place in Gladmar park that way I'll be really close to Dave, Kevin, and Cam. O, yeah, I guess a girl named Danielle lives so where around there to but I'm not sure if I'll see if very much of her :-) Well, I'll sure to check in tommorow and I'm sure you will do the same. Have a good night all. |
| 08/06/04 | 1:25 AM Perhaps I have a little bit to talk about today. The concert last night was awsome. The opening band, Wolf Parade, was from Montreal. I would have to say that I rather enjoyed them. There were quite original and showed a lot of potential but they really lacked confidence. Modest Mouse, wow, all I can say is wow. They were pretty freakin amazing. Now I bet not one of you has heard of them before and I myself didnt' know of them until about a two months ago (thanks Drew). There music is very original and has a sound that is odd at first but draws you farther and farther in every time you here it. I didn't take my camera cause I didnt' feel like being bothered with it, so no pictures for you. After that I came home and ended up going to bed aroun 1:30 which kinda sucked cause I only got like 4 hours of sleep. After work I went and bought some groceries and made fried rice for supper. Then I played Doom 3 for a couple hours (Doom is a first person shooter, yes, blood and guts and violance). It is a pretty decent game as far as first person shooters go. But let me just say that JP and I kick ars at Halo, we rule big time. Then I talked to Danielle for a bit. My roomies and I watched "Before sunrise" which was interesting. Then I went back and played Doom 3 for another two hours, how addicting. Now I think I should go to bed but who knows, I'll probably watch a few episodes of "That 70's shows". Not sure what I'm going to do tommorow, but I'm sure it will involve Doom 3. Have a good night all. |
| 08/05/04 | 5:47 PM Yes I did miss yesterday. I played v-ball and after that I came home, watched some 'That 70's show' then I went to bed. All in all it was a good night. Tonight I am going to the Modest Mouse concert. Should be a good time. I'm going to take my camera and take some pics so maybe I will get them up before I go to bed. Hmm, what else. Well the days are flying by pretty quick. I only have two weeks of work left, how scary. I still have sooo much to do. Um, that might be just about all I can think of at the moment. Perhaps there will be more after the concert |
| 08/03/04 | 10:03 PM Another day down. Another morning will rise, but lately though the morning only cries. I don't know why, but then again I do not ask. Is it from suffering or agony or a pain of some other sort? As the day prolongs the air gets hot and muggy. Everyone can feel the suffering. Skin, dampened by the outburst that the morning has let upon us. But as evening falls all becomes clear sitting under and umbrella drinking some beer. It is not the passing of the moon nor the love that died to soon, but tis another day towards the tomb. |
| 08/02/04 | 9:56 pm I am so freaking lazy. I did nothing today, absoluetly nothing at all. I had plans but it's hot here and when it's hot my brain does not work. I am only capable of phyhsicail activity or watching tv. Yep, nothing at all. I think I'm becoming way to big cityized. The other day I was walking and thought that I had a strut. I'm not positive but there is a high likely hood of it. Then, I way a guy that had some bling-bling (for those of you not in the in-crowd bling-bling is like big flashy chaings and rings and stuff) and I thought "I should get some bling-bling" then I realized what I was saying. Oy, bling-bling is horrible. I could just see myself back in regina, just strutin down albert with my bling-bling all like "wazzup homes" and then me and dave would go rap out by our 40 of rye in between two buildings. Ah, i miss the good times. O well, in three weeks I'll be back in Saskatchewan, able to wear my suspenders and put wheat in my hat without getting beat up. Plus, I will be among my people, the people who understand and appreciate the greatness of rye, ah, goode ole Saskatchewan. |
| 08/01/04 | 10:45 PM The time has really past pretty quick tonight. I went for a bike today. Did I ever go for a bike. I only actually went about 45k or so but it was a very strenous 45k. I started out towards Gatineau park. So I biked and biked and biked. I managed to find what I was looking for, an actuall mountain biking trail. Wow, that was pretty kewl. I biked maybe 30k on this trail. It is definetly different then biking on regular roads. Rock, sharp and jagged everywhere, tree roots, hills, hills, and more hills. O so many hills. At first it was kinda scary. I was worried about falling off and smacking myhead, or any part of my body for that fact, agains one or any of the o so many rocks. I managed to get to lac Pink first (that is Pink lake for all you westerners). It was small but kinda nice an cozzy. It is actually really kewl, one of a kind. The lake is only about 20m deep but after your go down 15m there is no oxygen. In this bottom 5m of the lake there is life, life that does not require oxygen. These organisms date back many many thousand years. Pretty kewl. So After I stopped there I kept going and ended up at the Macenzie house. It was interesting. Then I started on my way back. By the time I was almost off the mountaing biking trail I was flying through the forest just cruzing, not really that scared anymore. I was amazed that my bike held up, I mean, if I break then my rim bends, but giant rocks are all good. So i came home and went for a bath. The first that I have had in a little over 3 months. It was refreshing. Then I proceeded to make supper which consisted of tons and tons of spaghetti. From one batch I managed to get about 9 servings, not bad. Then I spent a couple hours watching tv and now I'm going to bed. I uploaded photos from my bike today to the webpage. The fishies are pretty. |